Malaria serology data from the Guiana shield: first insight in IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae antigens in Suriname

Table 2 Overall seropositivity for IgG Plasmodium falciparum antibodies in Surinamese and Brazilian participants in Suriname

	Surinamese participants^a (%)	Brazilian participants^b(%)	P value ^c
P. falciparum seropositivity ^d	90.7	64.6	<0.001
AMA-1	72.1	52.3	<0.05
PfMSP-1₁₉	66.3	60.0	0.427
GLURP	62.8	41.5	<0.05
CSP	22.1	24.6	0.716
LSA	38.4	16.9	<0.05

^aSurinamese participants from the Stoelmanseiland area (n = 86)
^bBrazilian participants from the Benzdorp region (n = 65)
^cp-values for differences in seropositivity between Surinamese and Brazilian participants
^dDetection of at least one of the five investigated P. falciparum IgG antibodies

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